I am not sure that this should necessarily be seen as an insult to either John Howard or to Australia. The wash-up of this is likely to focus on a desire of some nations to keep the status quo, perhaps even some might want to discuss that the corrupting nature of power is at work here where vested interests are not going to allow the organisation to be cleaned up. There have been charges in the past that corruption is rampant in cricket and that the ICC does not have the desire or the power to clean it up.
There is one thing for sure, John Howard would be coming in all guns blazing. But, this is all hypothetical now as his nomination has hit the skids big time.
Too bad, but Ho Hum...
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Gillard supports the guy
Anonymous...
And?
well that's pretty amazing - do u think he'd do any good for cricket? You obviously think he is credentialed.
Anonymous...
Nope, do not think that to be pretty amazing. This thing has become personal, and is being played out as a personal attack on the man and his character. In that sense, it is neither amazing nor surprising that Gillard has come out in support.
The claims in the Indian press that the former PM is a closet racist and all this other blah, is just that, blah! Particularly, if the racism claims are based on Australian government action with respect to Zimbabwe and Robert Mugabe.
Do I think he would do a good job? Maybe. But, the reality here is that he could not do any worse!
Credentials? Yeah, the fella has a few skills and a little experience in administration of a rather large organisation. I think he could handle it. A professional administrator of a cricketing organisation does not need to have been a professional cricketer or someone intimately involved in the administration of the game previously.
To each their own!
Thanks Rob. As usual a great retort
Anonymous...
Gotta say having watched a little cable tv news today, it seems that it is not an exclusive claim relating to only Zimbabwe and Mr. Mugabe.
It appears that the claim is that John Howard is / was a supporter of apartheid in South Africa and that he is obviously a racist because of the way he has dealt with Indigenous Australians and refugees / boat people.
I would argue that it is probably not such a good idea for people who live in glass houses to start throwing stones.
It was not all that long ago that India went all out to protect one of their players who was out and about on the field of play calling one of my indigenous brothers a "monkey". The racist connotations of that are pretty clear and pretty significant.
I appreciate that it was played out as a "he said", "he said" deal. Nevertheless, most would agree that it happened.
It will be interesting to see whether Cricket Australia pulls the plug on the nomination now or plays hard ball and forces a second vote and a second rejection of the nomination.
The mind boggles ;)
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